3DS vs PSP – VGChartz Gap Charts – July 2019 Update - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 September 2019 / 3,670 Views
The VGChartz Gap charts are updated monthly and each article focuses on a different gap chart. The charts include comparisons between the 7th generation and 8th generation platforms, as well as comparisons within the 8th generation. All sales are worldwide, unless otherwise stated.
3DS Vs. PSP Global:
Gap change in latest month: 127,693 – PSP
Gap change over last 12 months: 1,456,342 – PSP
Total Lead: 4,286,512 – PSP
3DS Total Sales: 74,693,112
PSP Total Sales: 78,979,624
In the latest month the gap grew by 127,693 units in favor of the PSP when compared to the 3DS. In the last 12 months the PSP has increased its lead by 1.46 million units. The PSP currently leads by 4.29 million units.
An important note is that the two handhelds launched at different times of the year. The PSP first launched in December 2004, while the 3DS launched in February 2011. The 3DS has sold 74.69 million units, while the PSP sold 78.98 million units.
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Really goes to show how much the rise of mobile/tablet gaming gutted the dedicated portable market, that the "winner" of the 8th gen portable war will sell less than the loser of the 7th gen.
Vita failed because it was just a bad portable. 3DS didn't get huge DS sales numbers because it launched overpriced, with few launch games. Phones had little to do with it.
Also most of the PSP's audience wasn't interested in Nintendo handhelds anyway. So when the Vita failed, it's not like all those lost Vita sales were going to automatically transfer over to 3DS. I love my 3DS, but it was very much a GameCube, or N64, and not a Switch or a Wii.
The PSP was a solid system that just happened to go up against a more solid system, the DS. I had a lot of fun on my PSP, and I feel like their were still a lot of games on it that I passed over the first time. It might be time to dust off my old PSP again.
Given the trajectory of that gap, and knowing the final total of the PSP, and given that 3DS has one more holiday left and will probably sell half its yearly sales during that holiday, I'd say 3DS is looking to settle in at 76 million and change, maybe 77 if it's lucky.
I don't think 3DS will outsell the PSP, especially with the Switch Lite about to drop.
I'd say 76-77 million is a lock, but that's about it.
This is a great example of why having strong legs is so important. Slow and steady wins the race.
PSP total sales 80 million.
Not 78.
